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... French history in French , besides a German essay on literature . Oh ! it's wonderful what girls learn in Germany ! " She then showed us the third - class room , Minna's province of government , and the dining and music rooms . " You ...
... French history in French , besides a German essay on literature . Oh ! it's wonderful what girls learn in Germany ! " She then showed us the third - class room , Minna's province of government , and the dining and music rooms . " You ...
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... French grammar and con- versation ; Professor Jouy . Twelve to one , dinner . One to two , geographical lesson . Two to three , gymnastic lesson , Herr Reiss . Three to four , working lesson , or piano ; German governess . Four to five ...
... French grammar and con- versation ; Professor Jouy . Twelve to one , dinner . One to two , geographical lesson . Two to three , gymnastic lesson , Herr Reiss . Three to four , working lesson , or piano ; German governess . Four to five ...
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... French beans stewed in sugar and vinegar , beef boiled to the state of shoe - leather , then eaten with red herrings , trimmed with onion and sweet cherries . But when we come to Germany we must , as my old servant said , do as the ...
... French beans stewed in sugar and vinegar , beef boiled to the state of shoe - leather , then eaten with red herrings , trimmed with onion and sweet cherries . But when we come to Germany we must , as my old servant said , do as the ...
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... From 1795 to 1814 the French were its masters ; in 1814 the allied army entered it ; in 1818 it was joined to Prussia . It is to be hoped that after all this unpleasant taking and re WE FALL IN WITH A PUMPERNICKEL AT BONN . 37.
... From 1795 to 1814 the French were its masters ; in 1814 the allied army entered it ; in 1818 it was joined to Prussia . It is to be hoped that after all this unpleasant taking and re WE FALL IN WITH A PUMPERNICKEL AT BONN . 37.
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... French or Swedes ; here are bronzed old women with bare heads and short petticoats , hanging linen on the smooth turf which has overgrown the armoury pavement of a palace - fortress . Before landing you at Coblentz , I have two heroes ...
... French or Swedes ; here are bronzed old women with bare heads and short petticoats , hanging linen on the smooth turf which has overgrown the armoury pavement of a palace - fortress . Before landing you at Coblentz , I have two heroes ...
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ABSOLON admiration amused Andernach asked Auf wiedersehen baron beautiful beer Bonn boys bread brother carpet-bag castle Charlemagne cloth Coblentz coffee Cologne coloured cried dear delightful dinner dressed Eau de Cologne English Engravings eyes fairy fancy Fcap Frankfort Frau French friends Frontispiece garden gentlemen German giant gilt edges girls governess grand green hands happy HARRISON WEIR Harry hear heart Heidelberg hero Herr Hildegunde honour Hungry Hal Illustrations Jess Jugenheim kind knight lessons Lina live look Lurley Mentz merry Midsie morocco Neckar never Odenwald ourselves palace papa passed plain pleasant poor pretty Princess Pumpernickel Rhine rocks Roland Rüdesheim sausage Schloss silver Small 4to story Super Royal 16mo sure sweet table d'hôte tell thing THOMAS HOOD tiny towers town Uncle John village vineyards walk WEIR whilst wine women wonder young ladies
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Page 29 - Anon, out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple, where pilasters round Were set, and Doric pillars overlaid With golden architrave; nor did there want Cornice or frieze, with bossy sculptures graven : The roof was fretted gold.
Page 103 - And in at the windows, and in at the door, And through the walls, by thousands they pour, And down from the ceiling, and up through the floor, From the right and the left, from behind and before, From within and without, from above and below, And all at once to the bishop they go.
Page 79 - By Coblentz, on a rise of gentle ground, There is a small and simple pyramid, Crowning the summit of the verdant mound; Beneath its base are heroes...
Page 29 - True Stories from Ancient History, chronologically arranged from the Creation of the World to the Death of Charlemagne. Twelfth Edition.
Page 23 - Glimpses of Nature ; And Objects of Interest described during a Visit to the Isle of Wight. Designed to assist and encourage Young Persons in forming habits of observation. By Mrs. LOUDON. Second Edition, enlarged. With Forty-one Illustrations. 3s. 6d. cloth. "We could not recommend a more valuable little volume. It is full of information, conveyed in the most agreeable manner."— Literary Gazette.
Page 173 - Who knows whether the best of men be known, or whether there be not more remarkable persons forgot, than any that stand remembered in the known account of time...
Page 32 - The British History briefly told, and a Description of the Ancient Customs, Sports, and Pastimes of the English. Embellished with Portraits of the Sovereigns of England in their proper Costumes, and 18 other Engravings. 3s. 6d. cloth. Chit-chat ; Or, Short Tales in Short Words. By the author of "Always Happy.
Page 7 - Our Soldiers, or ANECDOTES OF THE CAMPAIGNS AND GALLANT DEEDS OF THE BRITISH ARMY DURING THE REIGN OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA. By WHG KINGSTON. With Frontispiece.